Willie Lee Perryman

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Willie Lee, or "Piano Red," Perryman was a blues pianist who played in the barrelhouse style. His professional music career began in the early 1930s and continued until the late 1960s.

Photograph from booklet "Piano Red, Dr. Feelgood," by Norbert Hess

Willie Lee Perryman

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